Biology

Physiology

Sceptile climbing a wall

Sceptile's appearance is based on a lizard.It's neck is somewhat long, and it has two crests on its head. Its eyes are semicircular with yellow scleras and red rims. It's lower jaw is also colored red.

There is a belt-like band of red coloration on its waist. There is a thin stripe across Sceptile's chest, somewhat resembling the shape of the letter V.

Sceptile's plant-like characteristics include the six yellow nodules, described as "seeds" on its back (similar in appearance to the nodules on leguminous plants that are able to take in nitrogen from the air) and a palm-tree-branch-like tail.

Sceptile's arms are long and have two thick, sharp, powerful, elongated leaves and three claws on each. It has two lines running down the middle of its back.

Gender differences

Special abilities

The leaves are sharp as swords and can even slice down thick trees. Also, being a Grass-type Pokémon with beneficial plant parts, it can perfect moves such as SolarBeam and Synthesis.

It is also a Pokémon with dragon-like characteristics and can learn Dragon-type moves like Dragon Pulse, Dragon Claw, and DragonBreath. The seeds growing on Sceptile's back are said to be bursting with nutrients that can revitalize trees. When in forests and jungles where it can freely leap from branch to branch, its power is second to none.

Behavior

Sceptile is very protective of its environment and the Pokémon that live in it, attacking unwary Trainers that wander into its forest. It agilely leaps from tree branches, and has an incredible Speed stat. Sceptile is known to lovingly care for trees and plants in the forest. It regulates its body temperature by basking in sunlight.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Like most other starter Pokémon, Sceptile has made its only notable appearance in possession of Emerald, being picked as his final battling member for his Battle Factory challenge, which it won after a tough fight. Once he deduced it was no rental Pokémon, but one smuggled in by a third party, he took it into his possession and used it to challenge the Battle Pyramid, Battle Arena, Battle Palace, and Battle Dome challenges, in which only the latter its team failed to win, due to Emerald making a last-minute decision to switch out his party of Sceptile, Sudowoodo, and Dusclops, feeling that its newly recovered memories and affection for its teammates when under Professor Birch's care would slow it down. It was able to learn the ultimate Grass-type attack Frenzy Plant and helped defeat Guile Hideout's giant, fake Kyogre.

Origin

Appearance-wise, this Pokémon resembles the dinosaur known as dilophosaurus. The orbs of nutrients on its back may be based on the fact that many leguminous plants have nitrogen stored in nodes on their roots.
The Treecko line's appearance and mannerisms are also strongly derived from leaf-tailed geckos.

Name origin

Sceptile may be a combination of reptile and Sceptridium (referring to its fern-like tail) or sectile (referring to the sharp blades growing on its body). It may also derive from scepter (from its title as "King of the Forest") or scissors (referring to the blades on its wrists).